I've been doing really well keeping to my daily calorie goals and balancing my carbs, fat, and protein while keeping my sodium under control. But gosh darnit, there is sugar in everything!!!! My daily sugar intake is wayyyy over the recommendation. I love to snack on fruits, and my favorite veggie is whole green beans. Apparantly, these in combination with the peanut butter that I put on my toast in the morning and the yogart that I have as a "healthy" snack during the day is sending my sugar out of control! What are some tips for snacks that don't have excess amounts of sugar? I am doing so good and am down 13 pounds in just 7 weeks (yay!), but I know that the sugar will eventually start getting in the way of my weight loss, plus diabetes runs in my family and I have a condition that increases my susceptibility to diabetes later in life (I have mild PCOS); so I am wanting to do this for my overall health as well as my endeavor to be thin! :) Thanks everyone for your help!
The natural sugars in fruit and dairy products aren't as big a health issue as the refined sugars found in cakes and biscuits. They don't create the massive surges in insulin which are believed to contribute to the long-term risk of developing something like diabetes and which make PCOS symptoms more severe. Having said that, you can still have too much of a good thing. Fruit is delicious and very healthy, for example, but it's not especially satisfying and it is quite sugary. If you have PCOS, try to keep your fruit to about 2 portions a day and get a good balance of other foods to make up your calories..... high-fibre wholegrains, vegetables, lean proteins, fats..
I don't know if you're already doing this or not, but stay away from prepackaged sweetened yogurts. They are loaded with added sugar. Instead, try greek yogurt (Fage or Chobani 0%) don't have any added sugar. You can add your own fruit for a much healthier option. Sometimes I'll mash up halfa banana into it, add blueberries or strawberries - delicious and loaded with good calcium and protein.
Make sure you aren't counting the sugar content in fruit, vegetables, unsweetened dairy products, and unsweetened grains. That should lower your count a bit.
Edit: Get natural PB without added sugar.
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